2004News

Producer fulfills his promise

Film producer Jose Enrique “Pinky” Pintor fulfilled his promise to premiere his film “La carcel La Victoria, el cuarto hombre” in the Dominican Republic at the La Victoria jail where it was filmed. The Listin Diario reports today that some 5,000 inmates gathered in the ball field of the prison to view the film on a giant screen. Hundreds of them had worked as extras, and some were given small speaking parts in the 18-day filming of within the prison itself. The film’s international premiere took place the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain and is next scheduled to participate in the Miami Film Festival. The film depicts scenes of violence, homosexuality and the drugs that are part of life in the DR’s grossly-overcrowded foremost jail. On 4 October, the film will be shown in the Puerto Plata prison facility.